Wingnuts

Another Hostage Taker

Teabagger freshman Nan Hayworth (R-NY) is taking a page out of the Eric Cantor playbook.

Freshman House Republican Nan Hayworth's New York district was one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Irene, but the congresswoman seems to be working against her own interests by holding disaster relief hostage in a effort to slash federal spending, according to a recent report.

"We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster," The Middletown Times Herald-Record quoted Hayworth as saying Wednesday. "Certainly, the challenges we face with the national budget have not changed."

The lawmaker pledged to only vote for additional disaster relief funds if they were offset by cuts to "non-defense discretionary spending."[...]

"Hayworth likened her position to a family skipping vacation if it was overwhelmed by bills," the Times Herald-Record's Adam Bosch noted.

Vacation?

Sure, if by skipping vacation you mean skipping payments for food stamps, food safety, healthcare, and hurricane monitoring in the middle of hurricane season. Because make no mistake, that's what "non-defense discretionary spending" includes.

A more appropriate analogy would be a family skipping a trip to the grocery, even though the fridge is empty, just to avoid relying on credit.

How do Hayworth's constituents, who were directly impacted by the storm, feel about this?